Lee, Golden State’s most dangerous post player, is out with a torn right hip flexor. He suffered it on an awkward landing in the second half of Game 1 after having scored 10 points with 14 rebounds. Watching it all was Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried, who, with a bad ankle of his own, knows all too well about awkward landings.

“When I saw him go down and saw how it happened, I was like, ‘I hope he didn’t tear it,’” Faried said. “You saw how his leg went down. It wasn’t a hard foul. He just lost his footing in the air. To see anybody go down like that is terrible. It really hurts to see a player of that caliber go down. I hope he makes s full recovery. I hope he’s all right. He’s an NBA player and you don’t want to see anybody get hurt.”